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Home My WebLink AboutLetters and memosQ7#0paw Quarter Association 1315 South Scott Street • P.O. Box 165023 • Little Rock, Arkansas 72216 • 501-371-0075 • FAX 501-374-8142 September 2, 1992 Ms. Molly Satterfield Secretary Little Rock Historic District Commission Department of Neighborhoods and Planning 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Dear Molly: Thank you for providing the Quapaw Quarter Association an opportunity to comment on the proposed redevelopment of the former Texaco Service Station located at 721 East Ninth Street in the MacArthur Park Historic District. The proposed redevelopment as a Shell Super Stop has been reviewed by members of the QQA's Historic Districts and Structures Committee. The committee is not unalterably opposed to the proposed use of the property (although a less intensive commercial use would be preferred), but committee members do have serious reservations about the design and signage of the Super Stop. As you know, 721 East Ninth Street is located at the Ninth Street exit off of Interstate 30, one of the major entrances into the MacArthur Park Historic District. MacArthur Park, the "heart" of the district, is immediately west of the subject property. Consequently, the site is a sensitive one from a design standpoint, and the proposed Shell Super Stop does not seem to meet any of the design criteria contained in the MacArthur Park Historic District's "Guidelines for Review." Of particular concern to the QQA are the flat roof, white brick, and extensive signage that apparently are standard Shell Super Stop design components. To be compatible with nearby historic buildings, the overall proportions of the SuperStop would have to be altered, as would its roof configuration and building materials. In addition, the QQA believes that the Super Stop's signage should adhere to the MacArthur Park Historic District's "Sign Standards." Among other things, these standards say that a ground - mounted sign's maximum allowable height is six (6) feet. It is my understanding that the proposed Super Stop would have a 36' ground -mounted sign, as well as numerous canopy- and wall - mounted signs. Such signage would far exceed historic district standards. Unless the developers of the Shell Super Stop can make substantial changes in the design of the building and in the amount of signage, the Quapaw Quarter Association recommends that the Little Rock Historic District Commission deny this application for a certificate of appropriateness. Molly Satterfield 9/2/92 Page 2 Please feel free to call me if you have questions. Sincerely, 44 Cheryl ichols Executive Director ARKANSAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM September 2, 1992 Ms. Molly Satterfield Historic District Commission Planning Department 723 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 RE: Pulaski County _ Little Rock Redevelopment of Service Station at 721 9th Street Dear Molly: The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is not opposed to the concept of the above referenced project. However, since the complex anchors an entrance to the MacArthur Park Historic District, we are very concerned with the design of the buildings. The architecture should reflect in style, scale, materials, etc. the overall ambiance of the Historic District. If a design for this service station/food mart/car wash can be accomplished so that it enhances the District then the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will approve the project. If not, then we will have to stand in opposition. If you have questions concerning this transmittal, please contact me at 324-9346. Sincerely, Randy Jeffery Tax/Technical Services Coordinator RJ:kg Suite 200 9225 East Markham • Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201 • Phone (501) 324-9346 A Division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage (0 City of Little Rock HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION t=k NOTICE of PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE LITTLE ROCK HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION ON AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS To ALL owners of land lying within the following area of influence: __ A. Adjacent to subject property ;;;'-B. Within 150 feet of subject property located at: SW Corner Interstate 30 & 9th Street Address: 721 East 9th Street Little Rock AR General Location: North and adjacent to existing Waffle House _on_1-30. Owned By: Texaco Refining & Marketing, INc. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness on the above described property requesting the following changes: Redevelop existing service station site and remodle existin buii!dinq_for new convenience store with fuel sales and an enclosed car wash. has been filed with the Office of Comprehensive Planning, City Hall. A public hearing on said application will be held by the Little Rock Historic District Commission in the -Board of Directors Chamber, Second Floor, City Hall on September 3 , 19 92 at l5 O -P.m. ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST MAY APPEAR and be heard at .said time and place or may notify the Planning Commission of their views on this matter by letter. All persons interested in this request are invited to call or visit the Office of Comprehensive Planning, City Hall, 371-4790, and to review the application and discuss same with the planning staff. City of Little Rock HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION August 27, 1992 MEMORANDUM TO: HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION AND INTERESTED PARTIES FROM: MOLLY SATTERFIELD HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLANNING SUBJECT: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please be advised of a Historic District Commission meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 3, 1992 at 5:00 p.m. in the Board of Directors Chambers, Second Floor, City Hall, 500 West Markham. The agenda session will be at 4:30 p.m. in the City Manager's Conference Room. Enclosed you should find minutes of the previous meeting and an agenda for the upcoming meeting. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me at 371-4790. Thank you. MS:aa Enclosure DE 'VE MENT CONSULTANTS INC GY�� RATED August 21, 1992 Ms. Molly Saterfield Department of Neighborhoods and Planning 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 RE: Coulson Oil PCD DCI Project # 92-131 Dear Molly: Enclosed is our submittal of evidence for notification of owners surrounding the subject property at 721 East 9th Street. The following items are provided for your records: 1. Copy of a current ownership search for owners of record within 200 feet. 2. Copy of sample notice forms, with signed affidavits, for both PCD and MPHD processes. 3. A copy of the certified mail receipts postmarked for August 21, 1992. Please make note that the Quapaw Tower condominium owners are notified by virtue of mailing notice to the property owners association, as identified in the ownership search. Specific owners of only units within 200 feet were not identified by the abstractor. Enlincciing • Planning, Land Surveying Landscaipe Architecture 2024 Arkansas Vallee Drive Suite ;06 Little Sock, Arkansas 72Z 12-4142 Telephone 501-221-7880 Page -2- 8/21/92 Please contact my office if you have any questions or require additional information. Sincerely, ultants, Inc. , ASLA Viee Prt�ident cc: Mr. Ray Coulson Beach Abstract &. Guaranty Company 100 CENTER STREET - P. O. BOX 2580 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72203 TELEPHONE 376-3301 .Lu ;ust 20, 1992 Mr. Robert 11. Brown Development Consultants, Inc. 202h Arkansas Valley Drive, Suite 306 Little Rock, Arkansas 72212-411;2 Re: Property lyin- within 200 feet of part of Lots 163, 17 end 18, Block 4, 1V1AS0NIC P.DDITIC)IT to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas Dear 111r . Brown; We h,- ve exf�.mj-ned she records of Pulaski County, Ark- ansas, i.ip to August 1L, 1992 :? 8; 00 A. M. as to the prop- erty -which lies ritriin 200 feet of the property described on the attached s�.eet . t`fe find th, t the property listed on the attacned sI-,eet lies within 200 feet of the subject property and that the naries set out opposite tYe. descriptions are the lust app rent ovrners of record of s,:id property. We do not certify as to validity of title. Addresses of owners are not guaranteed to be accurFte. 17Ie call your attention to the fact that we are unable to determine which condominium units in Quapaw Tower I:ori- zontal Regirle are F1ithi-n 200 feet of subject property. Therefore, no examination has been made �,s to the units within the building. encl cc: Ray Coulson Sine - rs, E . A. Bol»en, Jr. President Over 100 Years Setting Records PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Part of Lots 16, 17 and 18, Block 4, Masonic Addition to the City .of Little Rock, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of said Lot 18; thence South 01* 24' 58" West 148.33 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 16; thence along the South line of said Lot 16; thence along the South line of said Lot 16 South 88' Olt 46" East 151.93 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot 16; thence North 00' 46' 01" East 35.89 feet to a point on the Westerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 30; thence along said right-of-way line North 12' 38' 41" West 117.39 feet to a point on the South right-of-way line of East 9th Street; thence along said right-of-way line North 88' 34' 00" West 123.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing.0.481 acres, more or less. OVI NER TJASONIC ADDI�2TON Arkansas 6iaffeles, Inc. 5305 McClanahan Drive, Nortr. Little Lock 72116 1Vation,:l Pizza Company 720 IfTest 20th Street, Pittsburgh, Ks 66762 JOITPTSO rJ' S ADDITIUTT Texaco Refining & T:'Iarketing, Inc. 1437 South Boulder Tulsa, Ok 71102 DESCRIPTION Lot 15 and North half of Lot 11[ All th,& t part of Lot 4 and Nor th Falf of Lot 5 lying blest of I-30 Block 4 Lots 12 and 13 and South half of Lot lh All that part of Trots 6 and 7 and South half of Lot 5, Lying ► est of I -30, Block J_ir Lots g, 10, 11 and 12, Mork 2 QLJAPl,IJ i'0 .FFt=IOI?I7OITTAL PIOPFRTY REGITITE C''uapaw Tover Hoti zontal Property Common Areas I.egi rye Property Owners Association 700 East 9th Street, Little Pock '1?202 1'O1`I,STlIp 1 I t)RTI+, RA ITCrE 12 I -EST City of- Little Lock, Arkans, s 500 Test T.1arkhar1 Street Little Rock 72201 ThL t part of SUT-I , Section 2, To-nship 1 Noj•th, ILange 12 West Lying South of East Oth Street; West of T.Ict.lrwnt Street and East of Comm-aerce Street (T.-iacArthur Park) City of Little Rock HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION t=k NOTICE of PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE LITTLE ROCK HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMSSION ON AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS To ALL owners of land lying within the following area of influence: �A. Adjacent to subject property _ —`/ B. Within 150 feet of subject property located at: SW Corner Interstate_ 30 & 9th Street Address: 721 East 9th Street, Little Rock, AR General Location: North and adjacent to existing Waffle House on 1-30. Owned By: Texaco Refining & Marketing, TNc. �� T NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness on the above described property requesting the following changes: Redevelop existing service station site and remodle existing buiirling_for new convenience store with fuel sales and an enclosed car wash. has been filed with the Office of Comprehensive Planning, City Hall. A public hearing on said application will be held by the Little Rock Historic District Commission in the -Board of Directors Chamber, Second Floor, City Hall on September 3 19 92 at 5:00 n.m. ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST MAY APPEAR and be heard at.said time and place or may notify the Planning Commission of their views on this matter by letter. All persons interested in this request are invited to call or visit the Office of Comprehensive Planning, City Hall, 371-4790, and to review the application and discuss same with the planning staff. AFFIDAVIT I hereby certify that I have notified all record within the area of influence of th subject property is being considered for Appropriateness and that a Public Hearing Historic District Commission at the time Appli Name: the property owners of e above property, that a Certificate of will be held by the and place described above. r authorized agent): Robert M. Brown ultants Date: V�k 21 , 11c Z NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE LITTLE POCK PLANNING COMMISSION ON AN APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH A SHORT FORM PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. To ALL owners of land lying within 200 feet of the boundary of property at: Address: 721 East 9th Street, Little Rock, AR General Location: SW Corner of 9th Street & Interstate 30 Owned by: Texaco Refining & M NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an application for a planned development of th a�ove pro erty requesting a change of classification from veni oxboo District to strict has been filed with the Office of Comprehensive Planning, City Hall. A public hearing on said application will be held by the Little Rock Planning Commission in the Board of Directors Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall on September 22 , 1992 at 12:30 p.m. ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST MAY APPEAR and be heard at said time and place or may notify the Planning Commission of their views on this -matter by letter. All persons interested in this request are invited to call or visit the Office of Comprehensive Planning, City Hall, 371-4790, and to review the application and discuss same with the planning staff. AFFIDAVIT 1 hereby certify that I have notified all the property owners of record within 200 feet of the above property, that subject property is being considered for rezoning and that a Public Hearing will be held by the Little Rock Planning Commission at the time and place described above. nt ( er or authorized agent): Robert M. Brown __evelopment Consultants, 6 0 kname; L da e Inc. Ln co rn d c 0 0 00 0 LL y a P' 173` 6 6 4 9-0 6 RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIED MAIL NO INSURANCE COVERAGE PROVIDED NOT FOR INTERNATIONAL MAIL (See Reverse) s n: to street anrliv1 1la P.O. Late 7-IP ode Postage /� . pC Certified Fee Special Delivery Fee Restricted Delivery Fee Return Receipt showing to whom and Dat Return Rec t sh Date, and of D. TOTAL Plif. -2h;J" �. Postmark W N co _m d C 0 00 M E `o LL N a P 173 664 901 RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIED MAIL NO INSURANCE COVERAGE PROVIDED NOT FOR INTERNATIONAL MAIL (See Reverse) Street and No .' P 0.. Stale ar, 1 Zt'�—tde L' a" k. Postage S Certified Fee Special Delivery Fee Restricted Delivery Fee Return Receipt showing to whom and Date Delivered Return Reeetpt showing to whom. Date, and Addren.elivery TOTAL Poqje-9. '• I c� Postmar ' Qr a ^gyP " •,� Iota .. P 173 664 905 RECEIPT r,•- F CERTIFIED NlAi+- NO INSJ�ANCE COVERAt;r= PROVIDED NOT FOP INTEPNATIGNi 1 N1Ail- (See Reverse) _ �n�ri�j Postage I { 7 S Certified Fee Special Delivery Fee Restricted Delivery Fee Return Receipt showing to whom and D Return Rec s Date. and of Deliv I a S TOTAL e O( Postmark IA 00 m. m C 7 O 91 E 6 LL co a P 173 664 90j2 RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIED MAIL NO INSURANCE COVERAGE PROVIDED NOT FOR INTERNATIONAL MAIL (See Reverse) 'FLeni to SireeI and N +� D State and ZIP Co ' �U r�h�'S � Postage S ^ • C� Certified Fee Special Delivery Fee Restricted Delivery Fee Return Receipt showing to whom and Date Delivered Return Receipt showing to whom. . Date, and Address TOTAL Posla an.� S Postmark o 15 P 173 664 903 RECEIPT FOR CIERTIFIED MAIL. NO INSURANCE COVERAGE PROVIDED NOT F09 IN T ERNATICNAL MAIL (See Reverse) en± I�lllet` "ri c. CYy i �, yq O.. !ate and Postage r Certified Fee Special Delivery Fee Restricted Delivery Fee Return Receipt showing to whom and Date Delivered Return Receipt SWMOQt0 whom. Date, and SIT ry TOTAL d� S /1 pf .Post ric i -I Y• 6 1�. CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED August 17, 1992 Ms. Anna Brown Department of Neighborhoods and Planning 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 RE: Coulson Oil - Short Form PCD Application RE: DCI Project # 92-131 Dear Anna: We are pleased to submit our application package for the above referenced project. The following items are enclosed for your use in reviewing this request: 1. Three copies of the current boundary survey showing all existing improvements at the site. 2. Sixteen copies of the proposed site plan showing all new improvements for the adaptive re -use of this site. 3. Completed application forms for zoning and subdivision requests. 4. Written description of the subject property (same as on survey), labeled as Exhibit W. 5. Copy of the plat of record for this section of the Masonic Addition to the City of Little Rock. The current owner of the poperty is: Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc. 1212 Powerscourt Drive, Suite 100 ST. Louis, MO 63131-3635 �_- -+rt., E ELOPMENT ORPORATED September 8, 1992 Ms. Molly Satterfield Department of Neighborhoods and Planning 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 RE: Coulson Oil PCD MPHD Certificate of Appropriateness DCI Project # 92-131 Dear Molly: I am forwarding this memo to confirm our understanding of conditions for the preliminary approval that was granted our application for the Certificate of Appropriateness within the McArthur Park Historic District (MPHD). The items discussed and agreed to are as follows: 1. Privacy fence along south boundary will be six feet in height and constructed of cedar planks with treated posts and stringers. 2. Height of canopy will be limited to a minimum safe clearance (approximately 14.5 to 15.0 feet clearance) for larger trucks. 3. Screen fence around dumpster will be constructed to new code height of 8 feet. 4. Trees along west boundary will be large deciduous types such as Willow Oak. 5. Shrubs along west boundary will be large evergreen types such as Burford Holly and will be installed at a minimum size range of 30-36 inches in height. Page -2- 9/8/92 6. The west side of the new canopy will present only a "Shell Logo" to eastbound traffic without the actual "Shell" name spelled out. 7. The west side of the building itself will contain no signage along the eaves. 8. The primary project sign will be turned parallel to 9th Street and remain at the location shown. The size will conform to City of Little Rock standards for maximums of 36 feet in height and 160 square feet of surface area. 9. A corporate resolution by the property owner will be provided to the MPHD which guarantees that if the facility is closed by Coulson Oil Company, all physical improvements will be removed and the property dedicated to the MPHD for the purpose of providing additional park space at the entry to the district. At this point, we will be proceeding with the PCD review at Planning Commission and Board of Directors. It is our understanding that final approval will be given to the application once construction plans are reviewed and approved for conformance with the above conditions. Please contact my office if you have any questions or require additional information concerning this matter. Sincerely, qopm�nt.6onsultants, Inc. t M. ❑wn, ASLA Pze,. cc: Mr. Ray Coulson, COC Ms. Anna Brown, LRDN&P r-jdZ Fj- tV (D U) rt. L,) rt• a (D N rt O m F-j ;U ri- (D H o �n O rt xa Fi0a rVthr+ >�v rt �a Z(D (D n N U) lQ Fj- ---�. tv �-3 0� N • •ti O Fi O F- F- (D Fi rat O cn b _ a LQ L j � 5 — 3 7 j